By Andrew Cawthorne NAIROBI, May 13 (Reuters) – Somalia’s fledgling government is facing its biggest test to date with battles against Islamist militants in Mogadishu killing scores and sending thousands fleeing the war-scarred capital. [ID:nLC789496 Here are possible scenarios for the Horn of Africa nation: GOVERNMENT DEFEATS SHABAAB? * In power since January,...Continue reading »
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Bartamaha Media ayaa waraysi wax ku ool ah oo taariikhi ah ka qaaday Abwaanka Cali Mire Cawaale oo ah sidaad la socotaanba hal abuuraha heesta Soomaaliyeey Toosoo oo ah Heesta Qaranka. Waraysigan oo taabanaya sharraxayana sida ay ku timid heestu iyo dadkii la joogay markuu abwaanku samaynayay iyo waliba siyaabahay ku timid. www.Bartamaha.com waxay u mahadnaqayaan Siciid M....Continue reading »
Sponsored Link | Looking for Somali Actors Wanda Sykes, the comedian featured at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, took shots at Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and former VP candidate Sarah Palin. She speculated that Limbaugh was actually the 20th hijacker on 9/11, derided Hannity for not living up to his pledge to be waterboarded for the troops,...Continue reading »
By DANIEL DICKINSON The East African — Mohammed Noor Hajir is waiting to hear whether he will be among the lucky few at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, who will be resettled in the United States. It has been a long wait. He fled his native Somalia in 1991 following the outbreak of clan fighting in Gedo region and made it to Dadaab with his wife and daughter....Continue reading »
Fresh fighting has erupted in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, between fighters loyal to the government and their opponents from al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam. At least 50 people have been killed and over 200 people have been hurt in fighting over the weekend. The battles are another blow to the government of President Sharif Ahmed, which has little control over. ...
MOGADISHU (AFP) — A mortar shell hit a mosque in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and raising to 39 the death toll from fighting between Islamist rebels and government forces that flared up on Thursday. The mosque was hit just as worshippers were filing in for the afternoon prayers, witnesses said. “The mortar shell struck...Continue reading »
Barnaamijka Fanka iyo Fanaanka oo ka soo baxa Somali Tv MN oo aan wada shaqayno waxaa noo suurta gashay in aanu ku waraysano mid ka mida Fanaaniinta sanadkan ugu cad cad soona saaray, Alban aan la mid ahayn kuwii hore ee fanaaniinta fanka ku cusubi u soo saari jireen, isagoo soo saray heeso wada cusub oo aan ahayn kuwa dadkii hore qadeen. ...
SUCCULENTOPHILE By Kevin G. Belmonte (Filipino Global) Somalia has been in the world’s spotlight for quite some time now but, unfortunately, the stories of Somali pirates and their escapades along the very busy maritime routes along the Gulf of Aden have severely tarnished Somalia’s global image. In particular, two news items caught my eye. In September...Continue reading »
New York Times – GAROOWE, Somalia – Abshir Boyah, a towering, notorious Somali pirate boss who admits to hijacking more than 25 ships and to being a member of a secretive pirate council called “The Corporation,” says he is ready to cut a deal. Facing intensifying naval pressure on the seas and now a rising backlash on land, Boyah has been shuttling...Continue reading »
Kismaayo — Xukun Gacan-goyn ah ayaa galabta ka dhacay Gudaha Magaalada Kismaayo, kadib markii Maxkamadda Dhexe ee Degmada ay ku xukuntay in gacanta laga gooyo nin lagu soo eedeeyay in uu xaday Hanti lagu qiimeeyay $90, waxaana ay taasi keentay in uu gacantiisii midig ku waayo xukunkaasi ay maxkamaddu soo saartay. Ninkaan oo lagu magacaabo Max’ed Cumar...Continue reading »
by Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio — It’s been five months since the spiritual leader of Minnesota’s largest mosque learned he was on the U.S. government’s terrorism watch list. Since then, Sheikh Abdirahman Ahmad been a reluctant newsmaker. He let his lawyer do the talking at the onset of a media storm surrounding his Minneapolis mosque. A...Continue reading »
 By JENNA ROSS, Star Tribune — Augsburg has long reached out to the immigrants in its midst, and, as Somali children reach college age, they’re enrolling close to home. Not so long ago, Fadli Mohamed would not have fit the mold of typical Augsburg College students: She’s no white Lutheran kid from the suburbs. But change has come rapidly...Continue reading »
MOGADISHU, May 7 (Xinhua) — The Somali government on Wednesday again defended a maritime agreement signed with Kenya last month that caused huge controversy in the war-torn east African country. The two governments last Month signed a memorandum of understanding on their maritime boundary which the two countries say will facilitate the presentation of both country’s...Continue reading »
Holly Bailey NEWSWEEK — Yes we can… run into Obamamania everywhere. Jeff Bartholet, Newsweek’s D.C. bureau chief (and your Gaggler’s boss—please forward all complaints to him, thank you very much) is traveling in Africa this week and stumbled upon the Obama Restaurant & Café—yes, named after that Obama—in Hargeisa,...Continue reading »
